[Gasification] Range Fuels Closing Plant

[Luke Gardner]

MARK,
glad to see I was not the only one disgusted by this,, that is untill this evening when I realised what was the fundamental fault or "techical problem they encountered".  they were using bundles of us dollars in the reactor as the bio feedstock, and made as much deisel and ethonal as they could till the money ran out.  you know its a technical problem!
luke
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mark Ludlow 
  To: 'Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification' 
  Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 8:11 PM
  Subject: Re: [Gasification] Range Fuels Closing Plant


  Sounds a little like, "Back to the drawing board."

  There is some critical scale for pilot-development that helps to reduce the risk of up-scaling. Duh! If RF had dropped $10MM, people would be startled. But $300MM? It's literally unbelievable.

  There must have been a bunch of golf weekends at St. Andrews included on the tab. Wow! A (RAT)HOLE-in-one.

  Magic happens; now watch us make nearly 1/3 Billion U$D disappear.

   

   

   

  From: gasification-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org [mailto:gasification-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of Viswanathan KS
  Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 7:13 PM
  To: Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification
  Subject: Re: [Gasification] Range Fuels Closing Plant

   

  Does it mean that Range Fuels have still unsolved problems in their Cellulosic Ethanol process?

  On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 11:17 PM, Tom Miles <tmiles at trmiles.com> wrote:

   

  http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/21755

   

   

  "Cellulosic ethanol company Range Fuels is closing its Soperton, Georgia facility after completing it first batch of ethanol, according to story posted by Georgia Public Broadcasting. 

  The firm, which has received more than $300 million dollars in state, federal and private funding, will lay off the majority of its workers and shutter operations, while it attempts to raise more money and address technical issues."  

   


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